Opportunity status:
Open
Funders:
Funding type:
Grant
Total fund:
£9,500,000
Maximum award:
£1,700,000
Publication date:
7 August 2024
Opening date:
7 August 2024 9:00am UK time
Closing date:
23 October 2024 4:00pm UK time
Apply for funding to deliver the next generation of innovative and disruptive manufacturing technologies, processes, and systems to enable us to manufacture the products that we will need for a prosperous and sustainable future UK.
The proposed idea is expected to have a strong link to the existing UK manufacturing sector, support the growth of a productive and resilient UK green economy and demonstrate a clear potential for commercialisation.
The full economic cost (FEC) of your project can be up to £1,700,000. Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) will fund 80% of the full economic cost. Projects can be up to 36 months in duration.
Applications must be majority within EPSRC’s remit and must be within the scope of this funding opportunity. We will reject applications deemed to have a majority remit within another UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) council. We reserve the right to make such remit decisions without reference to peer review.
Any individual can only appear on one application overall as project lead or project co-lead.
Only one individual can be listed as project lead.
Before applying for funding, check the .
EPSRC standard eligibility rules apply. For full details, visit .
UKRI has introduced new role types for funding opportunities being run on the new UKRI Funding Service.
For full details, visit .
Who is not eligible to apply
* Holders of postdoctoral level fellowships are not eligible to apply for an EPSRC grant.
International applicants
Under the a project co-lead (international) (previously co-investigator) can be based in a Norwegian institution.
Resubmissions
We will not accept uninvited resubmissions of projects that have been submitted to UKRI or any other funder.